Jaqen seems pretty cool in episode 2, but not sure the other two "prisoners" are quite as daunting as I'd imagined. Hot Pie & Lommy seem about right. There's a lot more Arya in this episode. There are more tense dramatic scenes as well (Dinkledge rocks), but less action. I have a friend who dislikes SOIAF for being too "soap Opera" well, he'd hate this episode.

I decided to watch episode 2. With Easter coming this weekend I probably would have been too busy so.... anyway, this show is flying through the book, and there were some surprising differences already.